Country Lead Kenya – Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) Dividend P&S
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The Kenya Country Lead will represent the WISH Dividend P&S programme in-country, manage relationships with FCDO and government partners, and oversee annual workplans, technical assistance delivery, and financial management. The role requires strong SRHR and demography expertise, leadership in policy dialogue, and accountability for programme results and value for money. Based in Nairobi with a deadline of 1 December 2026.
- Senior in-country leadership role for a major sexual and reproductive health programme
- Direct liaison with FCDO Post and Kenyan government stakeholders
- Responsible for annual workplans, TA delivery, and country-level financial management
- Requires proven SRHR/demography expertise and policy engagement experience
- Deadline: 1 December 2026
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Country Lead Kenya – Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) Dividend P&S
Jobs Kenya
Full Time
Nairobi
Nairobi
Deadline:
1 December 2026
Posted
September 4, 2026
Position Details
The Kenya Country Lead (CL) will serve as the primary representative of the programme in-country and the principal relationship manager for engagement with FCDO Post and government. S/he will oversee the development and implementation of consecutive annual country workplans in alignment with FCDO in-country and government partners. Through their oversight of workplan TA activities and direct delivery, they will be responsible for the timely and high-quality achievement of deliverables, logframe targets, and institutionalisation and sustainability principles. They will likewise hold responsibility for financial management, including through the provision of high-quality inputs into forecasting, spend monitoring, and cost control measures. They will report directly to the Team Leader and work in close collaboration with other country CLs, P&S partners, and broader MEL, programme, and financial management colleagues. In this way, they form part of a unified, collaborative team that upholds the one-team approach across all WISH P&S countries.
Primary Roles and
Responsibilities
In close consultation with government partners and FCDO in-country, design consecutive annual workplans (AWPs) based on problem-driven iterative adaptation principles; negotiate, revise, and finalise inputs to costed workplan activities/TAs following consultations.
Facilitate effective collaboration between FCDO, government stakeholders and technical partners, ensuring that TA remains government-aligned while also responding to FCDO strategic priorities and evidence needs. Ensure that each TA contributes to sustainable change beyond the life of individual assignments.
Provide technical and strategic leadership to translate AWPs into practice through the development of TA TORs, including articulating consultant
Requirements
and institutionalisation and sustainability strategies. Ensure full review of TORs with FCDO post and government counterparts.
Provide end-to-end technical oversight of all agreed AWP TAs, including ensuring progress towards all deliverables and logframe milestones. This includes maintaining a technical and financial tracker for all country activities (to be shared with FCDO), overseeing/managing short-term consultants, quality assuring all deliverables, and generally maintaining the highest standard of technical delivery from TA start to finish.
Serve as the key liaison with FCDO post and national stakeholders, engaging each in the TA design, delivery, and closure process. This includes providing updates on AWP progress to FCDO and generally anticipating client needs, as well as carrying all government partners along the implementation process.
Proactively collaborate with the other CLs, the Operations Team, and consortium partners to ensure synergy, learning, and adaptation across the programme.
Represent WISH Dividend P&S at senior-level policy dialogues, donor coordination platforms and strategic forums, building trusted relationships with government officials, development partners and other key influencers.
Track and mitigate all risks with the potential to affect TA delivery; adapt plans based on contextual changes and escalate to Team Leader as needed.
Support the MEL, Knowledge Management, and Operations teams in any requisite data/information collection, technical and financial reporting, and identification of success stories.
Be responsible for financial management, including forecasting, spend monitoring, and cost control measures, and hold direct accountability for country-level budget development, forecasting, expenditure management, and delivery of value for money in line with FCDO
Required Qualifications:
Required
Experience
- & Skills:
- Proven technical expertise and understanding of demography/DT and SRHR in Kenya, including key policy and systems bottlenecks in these areas.
- Significant demonstrated
- in the leadership and management of large, complex donor-funded programmes in Kenya, with a preference for TA-based programmes in health (particularly with a demography focus), including for FCDO.
- Proven understanding of donor compliance, reporting, and value for money requirements. Specific reference to FCDO.
- Demonstrated
- engaging effectively with senior government stakeholders, donors, and partners in Kenya; strength of government relationships and network a key asset.
- Strong track record of managing budgets and financial performance.
- managing and working with multidisciplinary teams and consortium arrangements.
- in donor reporting and presentation skills.
- Essential Competencies
- Ability to analyse and navigate complex political, institutional and stakeholder dynamics, identify opportunities for influence, and provide credible strategic advice to government and donor stakeholders.
- Strategic leadership: Ability to set direction, prioritise, and drive delivery in complex environments.
- Programme management: Strong expertise in results-based management, adaptive programming, and risk management.
- Financial acumen: Ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and financial risks effectively.
- Stakeholder engagement: Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with
- working at senior levels.
- Partnership management: Ability to build and manage effective partnerships across diverse stakeholders.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including reporting to donors.
- Problem-solving and adaptability: Ability to navigate uncertainty and respond to changing contexts
- Qualifications
- BA/BSc/HND
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